All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
Fintech Avenues World eyes 10X growth of $27bn in MENA digital payments market
UAE’s second largest non-bank payment aggregator has a regional payment processing run-rate of $2.7bn currently
Cynergy Bank secures £20m tier 2 capital facility from British Business Investments
Funding from the subsidiary of the British Business Bank will accelerate Cynergy Bank growth plans
Signal: FS sector jobs hiring down sharply in H1, Germany and Poland buck the trend
Financial services sector jobs activity drops in the first half of 2023 in most major banking markets according to GlobalData’s proprietary Thematic Engine
Credit card issuers must confront consumers’ mounting debt: JD Power
Majority of US credit cardholders carry revolving debt
Borderless data – acting locally, thinking globally
Alasdair Anderson discusses how automated data compliance can meet business, customer and regulatory demands
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Signal: Further BNPL consolidation as Param acquires Czech BNPL provider Twisto
Param, Turkey’s largest fintech, acquires Twisto and aims to expand in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Poland
UK retail banking customer satisfaction: some things never change
The half-yearly release by the Competitions and Markets Authority of the UK personal banking service quality survey is always a must-read and the latest release is no exception
Signal: H1 FS patent activity dips, payments remain top theme
First half financial services patent applications and grants are down sharply compared with the last year according to GlobalData’s Disruptor data tool
63% of European financial services leaders hold AI concerns: EY
AI fears not impacting FS sector willingness to adopt AI